166 Mr. E. Blyth on the Indian Phylloscopi. 



shorter than the third, which almost equals the 4th and 5th : 

 tail 1| to 1^ in., its outermost and penultimate feathers very 

 slightly graduating : bill to gape ^ in., or a trifle more : tarse 

 I in. or nearly so. Irides dark. Bill dusky above, amber- 

 coloured below : legs pale brownish-dusky, tinged with yellow ; 

 the soles more or less yellowish. Plumage, above fuscous olive- 

 green, with an extremely faint tawny tinge ; no pale tips to the 

 medial wing-coverts : supercilia, cheeks and under parts, pale 

 sullied yellow, brightest on the middle of the belly, with a 

 slight tawny tinge in some, and the breast and flanks a little 

 infuscated. 



This species might be supposed to be the young of the pre- 

 ceding, in corresponding yellowish garb to the young of Fh. tro- 

 chilus and Ph. rufus ; but on minute comparison of freshly killed 

 specimens, they are seen to be distinct. The bill is more feeble, 

 and much more compressed, in Ph. affinis ; whereas in Ph, lugu- 

 bris it is very little compressed, and the rictal setse are consi- 

 derably more developed. The colour of the legs is also very dif- 

 ferent, being in lugubiis pale greenish-dusky, while in affinis 

 there is a strong tinge of brown. From examination of a great 

 number of specimens, we feel convinced that the colouring here 

 described is permanent. 



This species is common in Lower Bengal, more so above the 

 ' tideway of the rivers, and we believe that it is generally distri- 

 buted over India. 



5. Phylloscopus indicus. 



Sylvia indica, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. xi. 6. 

 Ph. griseolus, nobis, J. A. S. xvi. 443. 



Length 5| in. by 7^ in. : wing 2| in. ; having the first pri- 

 mary J in. long, and the second f in. shorter than the third, 

 which equals the sixth, and is scarcely shorter than the fourth 

 and fifth : tail 2 in. : bill to gape y^^ in. : tarse | in. Irides very 

 dark brown. Bill dusky above, below pale amber : interior of 

 the mouth whitish, with scarcely a tinge of yellow. Tarse exter- 

 nally, and the toes above, light brown ; internally and beneath, 

 yellow. Plumage, above uniform dull ash-colour, without a tinge 

 of green : supercilia clear pale yellow : lower parts pale dull 

 yellowish, purer on the middle of the helly, and the rest more or 

 Jess tinged with dull tawny. 



This species appears to be found chiefly in the peninsula of 

 India, and is rare in Lower Bengal. 



6. Phylloscopus fuscatus, nobis, J. A. S. xi. 113. 

 Ph. brunneus, nobis, J. A. S. xiv. 591 (the young). 



Length 5 to 5| in., by 7J to 7f in. : wing 2^ to 2f in. ; having 



